Planking with these strategies will, at best, guarantee you no progress. Most likely, they will lead to injury.

Don’t focus as much on circus-style planking exercises. Remember, the point of a planking exercise is to maintain a NEUTRAL and STABLE spine. If you’re truly concerned with improving health and performance, master basic planking technique and enjoy the results!

PS: keep individual planks no longer than 20 seconds. As you get stronger do MORE, shorter planks. Consider adding resistance (instead of planking longer, which inevitably leads to muscle compensations)